Education

Career

I use my voice to make a difference in worldly issues through speaking, writing, filmmaking, and experimental theater.

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Film

Writing

Helping People

Day to Day

I write and share stories. Sometimes I am working on making films. I also do speaking events.

Skills & Qualities Beyond School

Do things that are beyond the structure of your world. Get comfortable with saying "no" to things that you don't enjoy or aren't passionate about and "yes" to things that give you joy.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for everyone

Happiness is one out of a gazillion emotions, but for some reason we rank it high on the charts to obtain. Some of the most incredible, life-changing moments in my life came from sadness and confusion. Don't hold your life by the expectations you see in magazines. If you are truly seeking happiness, the closest you can get to it comes from taking unpaved paths to your truth. I would rather be free every day, than happy, just sometimes.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

BachelorArts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Family:

"You are going to end up just like your mother. "

Everyone in my biological family declined taking me in after my mothers suicide because they said that I was just like my mom and that I wouldn't amount to anything. I ended up in foster care and struggled through multiple bad adoptions. I realized as an adult that I had to turn the tables around and instead forgive all of the people who'd hurt me. Journaling and writing my book helped me cope with everything.

Challenges I Overcame

Financial

Financial

By the time I got to high school I was so beaten down. I went through a major identity crisis and ran away. I remained homeless for months in and out of high school.

Drugs / Addiction

Drugs / Addiction

My mom was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and she had a chronic drug problem. She committed suicide when I was 10.

Adopted

Adopted

I went through four different adoptions, but never felt like I was anyone's child, and the families always said I was a "miserable brat." I ran away in high school and no one reported me missing so I was essentially homeless.